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| Text: | The starry firmament on high |
| Author: | Robert Grant |
| Tune: | HAMBURG |
| Arranger: | Lowell Mason |
1 The starry firmament on high,
And all the glories of the sky,
Yet shine not to thy praise, O Lord,
So brightly as thy written word.
2 The hopes that holy word supplies,
Its truths divine and precepts wise,
In each a heavenly beam I see,
And every beam conducts to thee.
3 Almighty Lord, the sun shall fail,
The moon her borrowed glory veil,
And deepest reverence hush on high
The joyful chorus of the sky.
4 But fixed for everlasting years,
Unmoved amid the wreck of spheres,
Thy word shall shine in cloudless day,
When heaven and earth have passed away.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | The starry firmament on high |
| Author: | Robert Grant |
| Publication Date: | 1886 |
| Topic: | Worship: Holy Scriptures |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HAMBURG |
| Arranger: | Lowell Mason |
| Meter: | L.M. |
| Key: | F Major or modal |
| Source: | Gregorian |
| Notes: | Alternate tunes: #168, 336, or 51. |
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